{"id":6485,"date":"2012-02-20T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2012-02-20T16:05:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T15:05:16","slug":"apple-supplier-foxconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2012\/02\/20\/apple-supplier-foxconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple supplier Foxconn boosts worker wages by 25% after inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.procurementleaders.com\/news\/news\/apple-supplier-foxconn-boosts-worker-wages-by-25-after-inspections-\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6488\" title=\"Apple supplier Foxconn boosts worker wages by 25% after inspections\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/120220_apple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Foxconn, one of Apple\u2019s largest China-based contractors, has boosted  its workers\u2019 wages by around 25% after been subjected to inspections by  a US labour rights group. Foxconn, which is owned by a Taiwanese  group, reported that it has boosted wages by a quarter in the wake of  Apple instigating inspections by the US Fair Labour Association. Apple  was widely criticised, before agreeing to the \u201cvoluntary\u201d inspections,  after a spate of worker suicides at the supplier were blamed on poor and  exploitative working conditions.\u00c2\u00a0 \u201cThe continuing reports of deaths and distress at Foxconn have  created a PR problem for Apple, which is seen as the principal user of  the company\u2019s facilities. So far Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Dell  have not commented on their use of Foxconn,\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em> reported.\u00c2\u00a0 According to the newspaper Apple has also given ABC News\u2019s Nightline  TV show special access to the Foxconn plants, in a broadcast due to air  on Tuesday. The report added that Chinese workers at Foxconn now receive  between 1,800-2,500 yuan (\u00c2\u00a3180-\u00c2\u00a3250) per month following the raises  that became effective from 1 February, the company said. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.procurementleaders.com\/news\/news\/apple-supplier-foxconn-boosts-worker-wages-by-25-after-inspections-\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: China | Company: Apple, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.procurementleaders.com\/news\/news\/apple-supplier-foxconn-boosts-worker-wages-by-25-after-inspections-\" target=\"_blank\">Procurement Leaders<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foxconn, one of Apple\u2019s largest China-based contractors, has boosted its workers\u2019 wages by around 25% after been subjected to inspections by a US labour rights group. Foxconn, which is owned by a Taiwanese group, reported that it has boosted wages by a quarter in the wake of Apple instigating inspections by the US Fair Labour&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_post_series":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,698],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apple","tag-hon-hai-precision-industry-co","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}